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9780559107290 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $32.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780559107207 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $36.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9781500357993 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 29, 2014, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: SINCE the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves.
9781482656589 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 28, 2013, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: SINCE the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves.
9781478155294 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 30, 2012, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing.
9781486146710, titled "Legends & Romances of Spain" | Lightning Source Inc, June 20, 2012, cover price $9.94 | About this edition: Since the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves.
9781461151951 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 4, 2011, cover price $12.44 | About this edition: SINCE the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves.
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Product Description: In the preface to his “Introduction to Mythology” Mr. Spence remarks: “Thirty years ago, if a student of myth had been asked who Janus was, he would probably have replied: ‘A Roman god of origins.’ To-day he might see in him a development of the ‘kirn-baby!'" It is thus that relativity is becoming the keyword in the sciences; and in this instance mythology ceases to be the recording of specific myths for their informative or documentary value, and becomes the comparison of myths to determine their common denominators...read more

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9781530581528 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: In the preface to his “Introduction to Mythology” Mr.
9781507583982 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 10, 2015, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: "[.
9781596050563 | Cosimo Inc, December 31, 2004, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: In AN INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY, originally published in the 1920s, Spence presented a comprehensive overview of traditional forms of narrative that, for our primitive ancestors, served as religion and science.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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9780893410506 | Longwood Pr Ltd, December 1, 1976, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781530558742, titled "A Dictionary of Medieval Romance and Romance Writers" | Createspace Independent Pub, March 14, 2016, cover price $14.99
9780766100879 | Kessinger Pub Co, September 1, 1997, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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Product Description: "[...] The Literary Development of Castilian Castilian, although more than one alien influence impinged upon it, evolved a literary shape peculiarly its own, especially as regards its verse, as will be seen when we come to deal separately with its several Romantic forms...read more

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9781506141459 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 24, 2015, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: "[.

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Product Description: "[...]brought fugitives from Britain to Armorica. These people, fleeing from the conquering barbarians, Saxons, Picts, and Scots, sought as asylum a land where a kindred race had not yet been disturbed by invasion. Says Thierry, in his Norman Conquest: “With the consent of the ancient inhabitants, who acknowledged them as brethren of the same origin, the new settlers distributed themselves over the whole northern coast, as far as the little river Coesoron, and southward as far as the territory of the city of the Veneti, now called Vannes...read more

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9781505447637 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 24, 2015, cover price $23.99 | About this edition: "[.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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9781421960678 | Indypublish.Com, November 30, 2005, cover price $97.99 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9780486288703 | Dover Pubns, December 8, 2011, cover price $17.95
9781438519760 | Book Jungle, June 30, 2009, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence (1874-1955) was published in 1915.
9781409948384 | Dodo Pr, December 15, 2008, cover price $23.99 | About this edition: James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (1874- 1955) was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a poet and occult scholar.
9781434627889 | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, October 31, 2007), cover price $30.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781434627551 | Bibliobazaar, October 31, 2007, cover price $27.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
2 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)

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Product Description: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

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9781500935825, titled "Myths and Legends: Ancient Egypt" | Createspace Independent Pub, August 24, 2014, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
9780766100480 | Reprint edition (Kessinger Pub Co, September 1, 1997), cover price $37.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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Product Description: A prolific complier of mythology, Lewis Spence would author over thirty books on the legends and folklore of numerous parts of the world. As the title would suggest, in this edition we have a collection of ancient Egyptian myths and legends...read more

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9780844665412 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1992, cover price $20.25 | About this edition: "Let us walk in the gloom of the pyramids, in the cool shadows of ruined temples, aye, through the tortuous labyrinth of the Egyptian mind itself, trusting that by virtue of the light we carry we shall succeed in unravelling to some extent the age-long enigma of this mystic land.

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9781420950397 | Digireads.Com, January 1, 2014, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A prolific complier of mythology, Lewis Spence would author over thirty books on the legends and folklore of numerous parts of the world.
9780486265254 | Reprint edition (Dover Pubns, December 1, 1990), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: "Let us walk in the gloom of the pyramids, in the cool shadows of ruined temples, aye, through the tortuous labyrinth of the Egyptian mind itself, trusting that by virtue of the light we carry we shall succeed in unravelling to some extent the age-long enigma of this mystic land.

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Product Description: With a description of some of the most important Egyptian myths, from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman period, this collection includes stories of deities such as Ra, the creator of good and evil; Osiris, the god of the afterlife and resurrection; Set, the evil god of darkness and chaos; and a litany of other deities that represented every aspect of daily life and the natural world...read more

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9788497941259 | Edimat Libros, November 1, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: With a description of some of the most important Egyptian myths, from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman period, this collection includes stories of deities such as Ra, the creator of good and evil; Osiris, the god of the afterlife and resurrection; Set, the evil god of darkness and chaos; and a litany of other deities that represented every aspect of daily life and the natural world.

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Product Description: With a description of some of the most important Egyptian myths, from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman period, this collection includes stories of deities such as Ra, the creator of good and evil; Osiris, the god of the afterlife and resurrection; Set, the evil god of darkness and chaos; and a litany of other deities that represented every aspect of daily life and the natural world...read more

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9788484034766 | Edimat Libros, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: With a description of some of the most important Egyptian myths, from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman period, this collection includes stories of deities such as Ra, the creator of good and evil; Osiris, the god of the afterlife and resurrection; Set, the evil god of darkness and chaos; and a litany of other deities that represented every aspect of daily life and the natural world.

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Product Description: Drawing on source material from every continent and every stage of human history, this guide to studying mythology seeks to lay bare the methods used by experts in the field and argues that all myths can be classified according to their theme and origin...read more

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9788497941310 | Edimat Libros, July 1, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Drawing on source material from every continent and every stage of human history, this guide to studying mythology seeks to lay bare the methods used by experts in the field and argues that all myths can be classified according to their theme and origin.

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Product Description: INCAS, MAYAS Y AZTECAS

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9788484034780 | Edimat Libros, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: INCAS, MAYAS Y AZTECAS

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Product Description: Presenting a fascinating view of the civilizations that flourished in South and Central America before the arrival of the European conquerors, this study examines the intricate myths that underpinned the belief systems of the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs, describing gods such as the plumed Quetzalcoatl; his enemy Tecatlipoca, lord of the night winds; and Pachacamac, the Peruvian spirit of the earth...read more

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9788497941273 | Edimat Libros, April 1, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presenting a fascinating view of the civilizations that flourished in South and Central America before the arrival of the European conquerors, this study examines the intricate myths that underpinned the belief systems of the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs, describing gods such as the plumed Quetzalcoatl; his enemy Tecatlipoca, lord of the night winds; and Pachacamac, the Peruvian spirit of the earth.

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Product Description: It is, of course, no easy task to infuse a spirit of originality into matter which has already achieved such a measure of celebrity as have these wild and wondrous tales of Rhineland. But it is hoped that the treatment to which these stories have been subjected is not without a novelty of its own...read more

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9781477571866 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 31, 2012, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: It is, of course, no easy task to infuse a spirit of originality into matter which has already achieved such a measure of celebrity as have these wild and wondrous tales of Rhineland.

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Product Description: Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility...read more

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9781107605732 | Reissue edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, March 8, 2012), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics.

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Product Description: The real interest of American mediaeval history must ever circle around Mexico and Peru - her Golden Empires, her sole exemplars of civilisation; and it is to the books upon the character of these two nations that we must turn for a romantic interest as curious and as absorbing as that bound up in the histories of Egypt or Assyria...read more

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9781241667030, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Gardners Books, May 5, 2011, cover price $43.90 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781616404345, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Cosimo Inc, September 30, 2010, cover price $31.99 | About this edition: The Myths of Mexico and Peru is a compilation of myths and legends that were passed down for years in South American cultures, and, at the time of the first printing in 1914, were just being discovered by Western researchers and archaeologists as they deciphered ancient languages.
9780893410315 | Reprint edition (Longwood Pr Ltd, June 1, 1976), cover price $45.00

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9781616404338, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Cosimo Inc, September 30, 2010, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The Myths of Mexico and Peru is a compilation of myths and legends that were passed down for years in South American cultures, and, at the time of the first printing in 1914, were just being discovered by Western researchers and archaeologists as they deciphered ancient languages.
9781409936138, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Dodo Pr, October 30, 2008, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (1874- 1955) was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a poet and occult scholar.
9781437532111, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, February 29, 2008), cover price $29.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781437531008, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Bibliobazaar, February 29, 2008, cover price $26.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780486283326, titled "The Myths of Mexico and Peru" | Dover Pubns, January 9, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Creation myths, legends of Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, the Rain-God, The Bird Bride, Thonapa, and many more.
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Product Description: Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria, originally published in November 1916, is a beautiful book that includes explanations of Babylonian and Assyrian legends and myths as well as the myths themselves. Lewis Spence, in the Preface, describes his purpose in writing the book as providing the reader with "the treasures of romance latent in the subject, the peculiar richness of which has been recognized since the early days of archaeological effort in Chaldea...read more

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9781558881914 | Reprint edition (Omnigraphics Inc, June 1, 1995), cover price $53.00 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9780810340893 | Gale Group, June 1, 1975, cover price $53.00

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9781616404642 | Cosimo Inc, January 7, 2011, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria, originally published in November 1916, is a beautiful book that includes explanations of Babylonian and Assyrian legends and myths as well as the myths themselves.

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Product Description: This edition of The Popol Vuh is the first English translation of the mythic Guatemalan work, which consists of mythical historical narratives and translates roughly as "Book of the Community." The main segments of The Popol Vuh consist of creation myths and stories of twin heroes Hunahpú and Xbalanqué and their genealogies...read more

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9781616404321 | Cosimo Inc, October 30, 2010, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: This edition of The Popol Vuh is the first English translation of the mythic Guatemalan work, which consists of mythical historical narratives and translates roughly as "Book of the Community.

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Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

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9780559075049 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $38.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780559075186 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $35.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9780559075087 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780559075148 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780766100893 | Reprint edition (Kessinger Pub Co, September 1, 1997), cover price $38.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9780486296609 | Dover Pubns, May 16, 1997, cover price $11.95

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Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

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9781110914043 | Bibliolife, June 30, 2009, cover price $18.75 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781428646711 | Kessinger Pub Co, July 31, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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Product Description: A renowned scholar of the Atlantis myth, Lewis Spence wrote five books on the fabled land, and this is considered by many to be his best work. Replete with the magic and romance of that fantastical lost land, this replica of the first 1926 edition includes all of the original maps, photos, charts, and illustrations, and discusses: ...read more

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9780517181614 | Random House Value Pub, December 1, 1996, cover price $8.99 | also contains Monnaie Et Citoyenneté: Les Citoyens À L'épreuve De La Globalisation Financière | About this edition: This book is a replica, produced from digital images of the original.
9780821600870, titled "History of Atlantis" | Lyle Stuart, June 1, 1982, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Uses evidence from geography, anthropology, paleontology, and Platonic writings to recreate the origins, culture, and destruction of the legendary island

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9781602068353 | Cosimo Inc, October 30, 2007, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A renowned scholar of the Atlantis myth, Lewis Spence wrote five books on the fabled land, and this is considered by many to be his best work.
9780486427102 | Dover Pubns, March 24, 2003, cover price $10.95
9780932813282 | Adventures Unlimited Pr, September 1, 1995, cover price $16.95
9780893452421, titled "History of Atlantis" | Garber Communications, June 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive source, from the early part of this century, on the evidence of Atlantis and its influences on our present civilization.

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Product Description: This outstanding study examines the origin and philosophy of Egyptian rituals, their transplantation to other cultures, and their surviving vestiges. Among the topics covered: funerary rites intended to help equip departed souls for a higher, more exalted spiritual existence; transmigration of the soul; and the rites of rebirth...read more

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9781602062214 | Cosimo Inc, June 30, 2007, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This outstanding study examines the origin and philosophy of Egyptian rituals, their transplantation to other cultures, and their surviving vestiges.

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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

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9781430424857 | Pmplt edition (Kessinger Pub Co, September 30, 2006), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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